We went back to judging people based on the color of their skin, rather than on the content of their character.

We loved money more than people.

We chose to spend over half the federal budget, annually, on killing people we don’t even know, halfway around the world, for the sake of hatred and fear generated by corporate interests who use our military might to protect their business interests instead of real issues of national security.

We decided to separate out our fellow citizens on the basis of them vs. us, instead of embracing the diversity of the American dream.

We chose to base our most important decisions on editorial and ideological thought that suits our prejudices, rather than on facts that would give us a clue about finding real solutions to our problems.

We circled the wagons, seeing issues as problems instead of as opportunities.